Alexandra Leslie
Reporter at WPRI-TV (Providence, RI)
Reporter at WLWC-TV (Providence, RI)
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2 weeks ago |
wpri.com | Alexandra Leslie
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - A new report shows how Mayor Brett Smiley's administration plans to transition the state-run Providence Public School District back to local control for the first time since 2019. Smiley said he hopes the roughly 60-page plan, which state leaders have requested, will advance the conversation and "make the case" that the city is ready to regain control on July 1. But state leaders have already expressed that this summer is too soon for the transition. Gov.
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2 weeks ago |
newsnationnow.com | Leah Crowley |Alexandra Leslie
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) - A former New Bedford Public Schools teacher pleaded not guilty to assaulting a nonverbal elementary school student with special needs, court records show. According to a police report obtained by 12 News, video surveillance from Hayden-McFadden Elementary School on Feb. 25 allegedly shows Anissa Faria, 45, of Dartmouth, pushing the student to the ground and pulling the student's ponytail three different times.
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2 weeks ago |
wpri.com | Leah Crowley |Alexandra Leslie
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) - A former New Bedford Public Schools teacher pled not guilty to assaulting a nonverbal elementary school student with special needs, court records show. According to a police report obtained by 12 News, video surveillance from Hayden-McFadden Elementary School on Feb. 25 allegedly shows Anissa Faria, 45, of Dartmouth, pushing the student to the ground and pulling the student's ponytail three different times.
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3 weeks ago |
wpri.com | Kim Kalunian |Alexandra Leslie |Elizabeth Turley
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Providence Mayor Brett Smiley joined 12 News at 4 on Wednesday to discuss the capital city's upcoming budget proposal and more. Smiley told 12 News anchor Kim Kalunian that balancing this year's budget is particularly tricky due to a settlement that requires the city to pay Providence Public Schools upward of $10 million. The mayor said that money will come from a combination of new property taxes, revenue fines and fees, and cuts on the part of the city.
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3 weeks ago |
wpri.com | Alexandra Leslie
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is making another attempt to use a shuttered elementary school to house a charter school, as well as swing space for Providence Public Schools students, Target 12 has learned. On Thursday, members of the Providence City Council will discuss a resolution that would authorize Smiley to enter into a 35-year lease agreement with Excel Academy Rhode Island for the former Carl G.
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